W Glossary of Terms for
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Wheezing:
A whistling noise in the chest which occurs during breathing when the airways are compressed.
Whirlpool:
Water bath in which the water is propelled by air to produce a massaging therapeutic action.
"Wind Knocked Out":
Syndrome describing a contraction of the abdominal nerve trunk, the solar plexus, as a result of an abdominal contusion.
Wrist:
The junction between the two forearm bones (radius and ulna) and the eight wrist bones (trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate, pisiform, triquetral, lunate and scaphoid).
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